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Basic Information
Sencen
Members
Cassius Sencen • Gisela Minette Sencen • Keefe Sencen
History
Keefe's Legacy
Residence(s)
Candleshade • Shores of Solace
Keefe's Legacy is a main concept in the vision and plans of Keefe Sencen's mother, Lady Gisela Sencen. Lady Gisela is set on creating a great legacy for her son, and she believes that everything that she is doing is to help her son, despite her putting his life in danger multiple times. Most of her encounters with the main crew have involved her furthering Keefe's legacy.
She has also said that Keefe's legacy will be a part of her grand solution for the Elvin world's problems, but she has remained very cryptic with what her solution is, and the details remain unknown.
Lady Gisela's Nightfall may have something to do with it; Lady Gisela has said before that she has planned out a solution to the Elvin world's problems and that, like it or not, her son was part of those plans. It also may have something to do with Keefe's new ability, which was triggered in him in Legacy and discovered in Unlocked.
“I knew if I wanted to build my own Nightfall someday I was going to need an Empath to help me run it… That’s your legacy Keefe.”
“Embrace the change.”
Background[]
Before getting pregnant, Lady Gisela and Lord Cassius each took a substance, possibly Shadowflux, in an attempt to make Keefe more powerful and have the potential to manifest extra abilities. This manifestation was triggered in Legacy with the help of Glimmer and Tam Song. However, Tam helped unwillingly, having been forced to join the Neverseen and was controlled with Ethertine cuffs on his wrists put there by Glimmer.
The process happened in Loamnore, in the throne room. Before the Battle of Loamnore, Lady Gisela had the throne— which was made of Magsidian- cut to attract flesh. Keefe was then pulled into the throne and was unable to move. At this point, all of The Black Swan and The Council were either unconscious or unavailable, except for Sophie, who was pinned to the ground by a dwarf.
“It is a lovely throne. But I need the magsidian. And the ethertine in your crown. I had that made specially for you, by the way. Just for this.”
King Enki then placed his battle crown, which was made of Ethertine, on Keefe's head, before leaving. Lady Gisela explained each of the remaining people's jobs. Sophie transmits to Keefe, and she told him that she would stay in his mind through the whole process and make sure he doesn't lose himself.
“I'll be right here with you. And I'm not going to let you lose YOU. Trust the telepath.”
Tam created an arrow of sorts with shadowflux and hit a Magsidian stone high on the wall with it, which triggered a bolt of black lightning which hit the throne. It didn't seem to hurt Keefe but instead melted the throne itself. The black substance began to envelop him and Glimmer, the Neverseen's flasher, shot a beam of rainbow light into Keefe's crown. The crown also melted and a few seconds later is when the pain began. Keefe fled into his consciousness and Sophie followed him through it, continuing to transmit to him. She described the as shadows moving through his mind and making everything seem "new". Keefe then tells Sophie he is tired and she tells him to rest. A few moments later Lady Gisela revealed the reason Sophie was left awake: to make sure Keefe got through the transformation.
Keefe was in a coma-like state for three days. When he finally awoke in Unlocked (through a chapter told in his perspective) it was almost instantly revealed his empathy was stronger, as he could feel Fitz and Elwin's emotions through the air as he does with Sophie. When Sophie returned from talking with Oralie her emotions were so strong and overwhelming Keefe's vision blurred even though Sophie was only standing in the doorway of the Healing Center. It was then revealed that Keefe had manifested as a Polyglot. He also manifested a new ability that day, which was theorized to be a combination of his former two.
Little else is known about Keefe's legacy, but his new ability is critical to his "legacy", though how we do not know exactly.